The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday, hearing arguments for the first time after a summer break and with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Already the court has said it will decide cases on a range of major issues including affirmative action, voting rights and the rights of LGBTQ people.
The justices will add more cases to their docket in the coming months.Here is a look at some of the cases the court has already agreed to hear.
The justices are expected to decide each of the cases before taking a summer break at the end of June:In cases from Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, the court could end any consideration of race in college admissions.